1969 Bon Voyage 209 overhaul

[guitarman023]

And one of my camping buddy

 

[Garry-HILO]

The trip went very well, only thing I forgot was a first aid kit, which I needed. Someone in the next campsite over was cutting up wood and got a pretty nasty cut, luckily the one other person camping had a small kit in his tent and we were able to patch him up. Everything else went very smoothly. Really terrible storm saturday night, which woke me up the rain was so loud hitting the roof of the camper. I was completely dry! After years of tent camping, this was a blessing. Even with the best camping gear, freshly waterproofed tent, there's almost always some sort of water intrusion. A real blessing that I was able to be out of the rain completely and felt much safer with the storm blowing around. I'm sold on the camper way of living. I ran a 12v fan the entire trip and only lost .4 volts on the battery. Anyways here's some pics of the trip.

Glad to hear you had a good trip and everything went well with the trailer. Like you, my wife and I tented for a number of years and felt so relieved when we finally made the leap and bought our first small trailer.

 

[misfit429-HILO]

Glad to hear all went well. Looking forward to getting out there in mine.

 

[guitarman023]

went for a three nighter this weekend, went very well, new led lights work great, and it rained pretty hard one night so we ended up playing cards in the camper. Now that I'm home, I'm going to start pulling the vent and the roof corner trim to waterproof. I'm also trying to find an awning for it, any of you had any luck retrofitting a newer awning to an old camper? I've been looking at retractible awnings on amazon, that are meant for a house, but actually weigh less than a typical camper awning. Not sure what I'm going to do there, but it would be nice to have waterproof shelter for all my kitchen stuff and would allow me to use my easy up shelter for other things.

 

[Garry-HILO]

went for a three nighter this weekend, went very well, new led lights work great, and it rained pretty hard one night so we ended up playing cards in the camper. Now that I'm home, I'm going to start pulling the vent and the roof corner trim to waterproof. I'm also trying to find an awning for it, any of you had any luck retrofitting a newer awning to an old camper? I've been looking at retractible awnings on amazon, that are meant for a house, but actually weigh less than a typical camper awning. Not sure what I'm going to do there, but it would be nice to have waterproof shelter for all my kitchen stuff and would allow me to use my easy up shelter for other things.

Guitarman, glad to hear you made it out with your "jewel" and things went well. We are currently in Moab, Utah for several days before moving on to Mesa Verde, CO and other points, including Pagosa Springs, CO. and will be returning home whenever.

 

[guitarman023]

Started my quest to waterproof the camper. Started with the roof vent. Couldn't help myself, here's a pic of before and after polishing

 

[Garry-HILO]

Started my quest to waterproof the camper. Started with the roof vent. Couldn't help myself, here's a pic of before and after polishing

The wife said "ugh"

 

[guitarman023]

Made some progress waterproofing and cleaning up windows. I polished until my fingers fell off.
Found some of the original paint under the eaves.


What most of the windows looked like this morning


Here's the after of one window


And here's the side of the camper I finished today. Just need to put caulk around all the seams

 

[misfit429-HILO]

Looking good man!

 

[guitarman023]

Started doing some painting, tried to get more done today, but it looks like it could rain any minute. I'm VERY happy with my color choices.

 

[guitarman023]

I also dressed up the ugly old rock shield for the front window

 

[misfit429-HILO]

It looks like new. Very nice!

 

[Garry-HILO]

Started doing some painting, tried to get more done today, but it looks like it could rain any minute. I'm VERY happy with my color choices.

Guitarman, Jezz, that looks great. Hope you're totally pleased with the out come, cause you should be.

 

[renoites]

I have been following your build.
Looking good.
I have had my 1985 for 3 years now and I have found out that you may say you are done, but that is only for this project.
There is always something to do and to improve.

That rock guard came out looking new.
Now to finish off the lower half painting. It will travel and show its true colors upon arrival.

Now, go camp!

steve

 

[guitarman023]

Finished the curbside, and re-installed the rock guard. Taking it camping this weekend.

 

[misfit429-HILO]

Like your colors. Is that all spray paint or did you go with latex?

 

[guitarman023]

it's rustoleum, thinned out and sprayed through my gun. I was going to go base coat/ clear, but seemed kind of expensive for a less than perfect old camper lol

 

[misfit429-HILO]

Can't beat a spray gun for a good finish. I knew that was way too even over that much surface area to be spray cans.

 

[guitarman023]

Got some more done on the exterior paint.

 

[Garry-HILO]

Got some more done on the exterior paint.

Give us a heads up when your in Southern California and you can paint ours also.